Q. Visas: South Asia

Visas: South Asia

(asked on 9th October 2017) - View Source

Questioner

Hilary Benn
(Labour - Leeds Central)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for visitor visas have been granted in (a) India and (b) Pakistan in each of the last five years.

Answered by

Brandon Lewis

This question was answered on 17th October 2017

Entry clearance visa applications and resolution: Pakistani Visitor visas (including dependants)

	Applications	Resolved	Of which
Calendar Year			Granted	Refused	Withdrawn	Lapsed
2012	85,500	87,172	54,768	32,115	244	45
2013	85,749	88,901	61,578	27,102	213	8
2014	87,541	89,709	57,117	32,332	228	32
2015	90,060	90,305	44,976	45,126	185	18
2016	83,572	83,295	41,095	42,067	133	0

Immigration Statistics April-June 2017, visas volume 1 table vi_01_q and corresponding datasets.

Data on visa grants, refusals, withdrawn or lapsed cases may relate to applications made in an earlier period.

Entry clearance visa applications and resolution: Indian Visitor visas (including dependants)

	Applications	Resolved	Of which
Calendar Year			Granted	Refused	Withdrawn	Lapsed
2012	335,850	335,261	298,884	35,437	819	121
2013	352,740	354,262	316,911	36,510	802	39
2014	352,880	354,184	319,804	33,647	697	36
2015	411,182	411,526	367,211	43,660	615	40
2016	450,797	450,401	390,036	59,843	493	29

Immigration Statistics April-June 2017, visas volume 1 table vi_01_q and corresponding datasets.

Data on visa grants, refusals, withdrawn or lapsed cases may relate to applications made in an earlier period.

Statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics’, available from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics

Visas: South Asia

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